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Character name: Victor 'animal' Palotti
Appears in:Godzilla
Date(s):1998
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| Character back story:Victor is a tv cameraman for the local tv station,he is married to Lucy who also works at the station,her best friend is work colleague Audrey
When Godzilla 1st arrive in New York, Victor is first person to capture footage of the creature on his cameraman,just before he was nearly killed when Godzilla nearly stood on him.
When Audrey meets up with ex-boyfriend Nick, Victor joins them to get more footage of Godzilla | | Inspiration for character: | Age/Occupation:30s
cameraman | | Personality type:quick witted,sex obsessed | | Signature look:leather jacket,hat | | Resides:new york | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:Before Hank Azaria's character runs atop cars to get footage of Godzilla, he looks up and says Aw Jeez, using the voice of his character Moe Szyslak on "The Simpsons" (1989).
This movie features more Simpson voice actors than any other project besides "The Simpsons" (1989) itself: Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer and Nancy Cartwright. The Simpsons and its creators are huge Godzilla fans and Godzilla, and his roar is used quite frequently in the show.
In a television interview, 'Matthew Broderick' said that the entire cast were given wet suits to wear underneath their costumes while filming in Hawaii. He was upset because his wet suit zipped up in the back, which made it difficult to put on every day. One day during a break in filming, he was talking with co-star Hank Azaria, who had his shirt off, revealing a wet suit that zipped up in front. Broderick remarked, "Oh, your wet suit zips up in front." Puzzled, Azaria replied, "They ALL zip up in front." Broderick had been putting his wet suit on backward every day. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Lucy: He is scum! As far as he's concerned, you're just a pair of breasts that talk.
Animal: Hey, there's an image.
Animal: Where did you find this guy?
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: He's from France.
Animal: What do we do now?
Philippe: Running would be a good idea.
Lucy: Audrey's gonna stay with us tonight
Animal: Cool, threesome.
[Animal is about to sneak out his apartment window to find Nik and help him]
Audrey Timmonds: Hey where you going?
Animal: Can't let Lucy know I'm going; she'll hurt me
Animal: Oh! Oh you gotta be kidding me man, we're in his mouth! We're IN HIS MOUTH!
Animal: Better step on it, Mr. French!
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Character name: Alan Marciano
Appears in:Heat
Date(s):1995
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| | Character back story: Alan Marcianois is caught having an affair with bank robber Chris Shiherlis's wife Charlene,who gets drawn into alot of a trouble when the Lt Vincent Hanna & his team are keeping surveillance on Shiherlis & his wife | | Inspiration for character: | Age/Occupation:30s
businessman | | Personality type: | | Signature look:suit,tie & greased back hair | | Resides:los angeles | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:The scene where Vincent catches his wife cheating, removes the television set and later throws it from his car was lifted from a similar scene with Dennis Farina in "Crime Story" (1986), also produced by Michael Mann.
Michael Mann made the movie as tribute to a detective friend of his in Chicago who obsessively tracked and killed a thief (named Neil McCauley) he had once met under non-violent circumstances. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Alan Marciano: Why'd I get mixed up with that bitch?
Vincent Hanna: Cause she's got a great ass... and you got your head all the way up it! Ferocious, aren't I? When I think of asses, a woman's ass, something comes out of me. |
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Character name: Moe Szylak
Appears in:The Simpsons
Date(s):1989 -2009
Award(s):In 2001 and 2003, Hank Azaria won Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for voicing Moe and various other characters
 | Character back story: Moe Szyslak is the owner of Moe's Tavern, a seedy bar patronized primarily by problem drinkers like Homer Simpson, Barney Gumble, Lenny Leonard and Carl Carlson
Moe has serious emotional problems that have driven him to attempt suicide, but none have been successful. He also has a very short temper, made worse by the constant prank calls from Bart Simpson, none of which he has ever successfully traced. His love life has not been so lucky either. He | | Inspiration for character:voice is based on a young al pacino, a new york accent | Age/Occupation:60s-70s
bartender/bar owner | Personality type:short/violent temper
vulgarity towards women,sexist
suicidal & homicidal tendercies | | Signature look:ugly,cauliflower ears,beedy eyes | | Resides:springfield | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:Moe was originally voiced by actor Christopher Collins. Collins recorded several lines as Moe which never aired
The creator of The Simpsons Matt Groening based Moe on Louis "Red" Deutsch who was made famous when he was repeatedly prank called by two Jersey City residents
Moe was the first voice Hank Azaria performed for the show. During the time of his audition, Azaria was doing a play in which he had the part of a drug dealer, basing his voice on actor Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon. He used the same voice in the audition, and was told by Matt Groening and Sam Simon, who were directing him, to make it more gravelly like Deutsch's voice |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Moe: Hey, there's one thing I don't get though. When my face was crushed, why did it go back to my old face? I mean, shouldn't I have turned into some kind of third face that was different?
Moe sports a bathrobe and a traffic cone on his head]
Marge Simpson: Why are you dressed like that?
Moe: Well, I don't like to brag, but I am now the Emperor of Springfield.
Barney Gumble: No, you're not!
[throws fire bomb at Moe]
Moe: Yes, I am!
[throws bomb back and it explodes]
Barney Gumble: Okay. Hail Emperor.
[a ghostly Moe appears in the hotel's bar]
Moe Szyslak: So, what'll it be, Homer?
Homer Simpson: Moe, gimme a beer!
Moe Szyslak: No. Not unless you kill your family.
Homer Simpson: Why should I kill my family?
Moe Szyslak: Uh, they'd be much happier as ghosts.
Homer Simpson: You don't look so happy.
Moe Szyslak: Oh, I'm happy! I'm very happy! La-la-la-la-la-la-la! See? Now waste your family, I'll give you a beer
Moe Szyslak: Don't you dumb dames know that all figure skaters are twinkly in the lutz?
Elvis Stojko: That is such a misconception. For your information, I have a girlfriend in Vancouver.
Moe Szyslak: Fake girlfriend, fake city.
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Character name: Agador Spartacus
Appears in:The Birdcage
Date(s):1996
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| Character back story:Agador is the housekeeper for Armand & Albert.
His parents are from Guatemala,who later moved to the u.s and new jersey.
He is always begging armand for a part in the nightclub show as a performer but he has no talent
When Senator Keeley & his family come round for dinner Agador is forced to dress up as Armand's waiter & pose as their chef.he cant wear shoes because he walk in them & he is always falling down | | Inspiration for character: | Age/Occupation:20s-30s
housekeeper | | Personality type:weird,flamboyant,thinks he can dance & sing but cant | | Signature look:never wears shoes walks around barefoot | | Resides:south beach,miami | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:Agador Spartacus is based upon Hank Azaria's grandmother
Hank Azaria created two different voices for the character of Agador Spartacus, one being somewhat of a more masculine voice and the other one being higher pitched. He was worried about the second one being too stereotypical until he asked a gay friend of his, who thought it was more realistic. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Armand: What are you giving him drugs for? What the hell are Pirin tablets?
Agador: It's aspirin with the "A" and the "S" scraped off.
Armand: My God, what a brilliant idea!
Agador: I know.
Agador: Armand, why don't you let me be in the show? Are you afraid of my Guatemalan-ness?
Armand: Your what?
Agador: My Guatemalan-ness, my natural heat. You're afraid I'm too primitive to be on the stage with your little estrogen rockettes, right?
Armand: You're right. I'm afraid of your heat.
Armand: You look like Lucy's stunt double.
Agador: [dancing around in red wig cleaning] No actually I'm a combination of Lucy and Ricky
Armand: That's horrifying.
Agador: My father was the shaman of his tribe and my mother was the high priestess.
Armand: So why the hell did they move to New Jersey?
Agador: I don't know, they're so stupid.
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